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How popular is the baby name Porsche in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Find out using the graph below! Plus, see baby names similar to Porsche and check out all the blog posts that mention the name Porsche.

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The Italian island of Capri has been inhabited for millennia, but very few Americans were naming their babies “Capri” before Ford introduced the Lincoln Capri in the early 1950s:

1955: 6 baby girls named Capri

1954: 5 baby girls named Capri

1953: 7 baby girls named Capri [debut]

1952: unlisted

The car was on the market from 1952 to 1959 and, as far as I can tell, it was the very first car-inspired baby name to appear in the data. Since then, many different cars have inspired baby names (e.g., Camry, DeLorean, Miata, Porsche).

These days the name Capri is given to close to 200 baby girls per year, which puts it pretty close to the top 1,000.

The origin of the island name “Capri” isn’t known for certain, but it could be derived from the ancient Greek word kapros, meaning “wild boar,” or from the Latin word capreae, meaning “goats.”

Last month, Joy Lowther of Norfolk, England, went into labor while shopping in a local supermarket. Ten minutes later, she gave birth to a baby girl.

She and her boyfriend decided to name the baby Porsche, as one of their older children is called Mercedes. The other two are Frank* and Alfie — who’s now called Alfa, says Joy, “because the girls are named after cars.”

Joy plans to have one more baby. If it’s a boy, he’ll be called Bentley (a name that’s very trendy in the U.S. right now thanks to reality TV).

On that note, here’s a question for you: If you had a bunch of siblings (4+) and all but one of you had a name that fit a pattern, would you want one of the “in” names, or would you rather be the odd one out?

Baby boy Just Trouble Kelly was born on October 7. His father, John Kelly, wanted his son “to be a just, righteous person, and have Trouble as his middle name.” He also said that “it takes a special little man to carry that name.”

Twin girls Porsche and Audi Harrington joined their 6-year-old sister Lexus on October 28. Their father, Craig Harrington, said: “Other people have these names. I don’t think it’s that unusual.”